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19. HIV infection in paediatric practice
Author(s) -
Ziegler John B
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1993.tb121749.x
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , transmission (telecommunications) , medicine , pediatrics , clinical practice , family medicine , intensive care medicine , computer science , telecommunications
Worldwide, most new HIV infections in children are transmitted from the mother before, during or after birth. This mode of transmission is likely to become more common in Australian paediatric practice, sometimes in circumstances where the mother's HIV status is unknown and unsuspected.